§ 7. Sir ROBERT TASKERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will call for a report from the Minister at Addis Ababa as to whether any Englishman or Englishwoman has been kidnapped and sold as slaves in Ethiopia during the last year?
§ Mr. EDENNo, Sir. I have no information of any such event. I am confident that His Majesty's Minister would at once have reported any occurrence of this description and taken appropriate action had it in fact occurred.
§ Sir R. TASKERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this allegation was made recently by Lady Houston in the "Saturday Review"?
§ Sir R. TASKERI do not know, Sir.